Judge rejects HoldCo’s challenge of Comerica-Fifth Third deal

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A Delaware Court of Chancery judge denied an emergency motion by HoldCo to stall the merger between Comerica and Fifth Third. The court found that HoldCo failed to meet its burden.

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Original Source Material

After the activist investor filed an emergency motion to stall the merger’s closing, set for Feb. 1, a Delaware Court of Chancery judge denied it, saying Monday that HoldCo failed “to clear that high hurdle.”